Shoe-cleaning device.



S. H. FREDERICK.

SHOE CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1911.

1,059,292,, Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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SHOE CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1911.

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SAMUELIH. FREDERICK, OF CQLON, IVEIGHIGrAN.

SHOE-CLEANING IDIEIV'ICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Apr. 15,1913.

Application filed May 10,1911. Serial naezasse device, simple inconstruction and .eflici-ent One object is to remove dirt, mud and otherforeign matter from the bottom and sides of a shoe at a singleioperationi Another object is to provide a shoe cleaner operating toclean a shoe worn by the :user, the foot of the user being moved over.the device to effect the removal of the dirt, mud, snow or the like.

WVith the above and other objects inzview my invention consists in thecombination, arrangements, and details of construction shown in thedrawings described in: the. specification and then f more particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in therespectiveviews.

In the drawings Figure .1 is a front elevation of the shoe cleaner, Fig.2 is a top plan view! thereof, Fig. 3 is afront. elevation of the deviceshowing the two brushes,

in use, and Fig; 4: is a front elevation of the device showing one brush:in 1 use.

The shoe cleaner :comprises a relatively narrow vertically disposedcross piece .1 formed at opposite ends with preferablyintegralrectangular projections or arms designated 2 and 3 respectively. Thesearms are each formed by twistinga definite portion at each end of litpreferably uniform sized metallic strip so that the fiat and hori-.zontally disposed members 4 and 5 respectively, may by means of theturns 2*1 and 2", and 3 and 3 respectively,be projected at. right anglesto said strip- The cross piece 1 serves as a scraper and the members 4and 5 are fastening lugs, throughltheopenings 6 in which screws may be 1driven; into any suitable support, such as afloor. The turns 2 and 2 and3 and 3 areformed intermediate the ends of the projections 2 and 13 sothat the innermost: ends of isaid projections are vertically disposedwith respect to. the members 4 and 5.

The cross piece or scraper 1 has pivoted to it near its up er edge, andon oppositelsides of its center-two brush carrying levers"? and 8, the:inner ends 7 8 of which project a slightly above thescraper 1, andftheother ends 7", S", of which extend upward and slightly inward and haveinwardly facing brushes 11 and 12 attached thereto. The brushes aresecuredin place by screws 13, or other suitable means. The pins 9 and310. form the pivots for the levers.

Theoperation of the shoe cleaner is as follows: The device having beenfixed ito a proper support, the shoe to be cleaned will 1 be thrustbetween thebrushes and pressed 1 down in engagement with the scraperil,thus depressing the inner arms of the levers and tilting: the brushestoward, and in engagement. with, the shoes. It will be readily seen thatif the shoe be moved .over the scraper backand forth with suflicientpressure to keep said brushes duly tilted, the

bottom and sides of the upper will progressively and simultaneously becleaned,

and the dirt: or mud removed. In Fig; 4: the shoe 14. is caused todepress one of said levers 7 in a vertical plane so that the fori wardend of the upper maybe brought into engagement with the inwardly tiltedbrush 11. By moving the shoe indifferent positions inza horizontal planethe foreign mat-i ter may be removed from the forward part of the upper.

1. In combinationa scraper over whichia shoe is movable, fastening lugsformed upon the ends thereof, upright brush holdersdisk posed at theends of saidscraper,and means i carried by said brushi holdersprojecting 1 abovesaid scraper at its center, said means when; depressedcausing brush holders to tilt said brushes toward the center of thescraper.

2. A device of the kind described. comprise inga vertical narrdw barformed at opposite ends a with rectangular oflsets, havingscrew-receiving holes, brushes held at an:in-. ward incline upon saidoffsets, a desirable tread projectingabove the edge of said bar, andmeans actuated by=said tread tocause 1 one or. both. of said brushes tomove toward the center of said scraper.

3. A device of the kind described compris ing a scraper, means forfastening said scraper, and .brush carryinglevers pivoted to saidscraper and having their inner ends normally projecting above the'centerof the 1 latter, said brushes being attached to th outer endsof thelevers and held at an in: Ward incline.

4. A shoe cleaner comprisinga horizontally-extending scraper, means forfasteningi said scraper, levers pivoted each at one en I to said scraperand having their inner,

ends normally projectingabove the scraper, means for supporting saidlevers and brushcarrying arms integrally formed at an inward inclineupon said levers, the projecting portions of the levers being" arrangedto be depressed before ashoe makes engagement with said scraper, tocause said brushes to be tilted. 7

5.7111 combination. a vertically: disposed crosspiece, rectangularlyextending offsets having portions extending above said cross piece,upright arms integrally formed-upon the outer ends of said levers at an'inward inc-line, and brushes secured to '1 the inner sides ofsaidinwardly inclinedarms.

- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL H. FREDERIGKQ I Witnesses: K

WALTER J. Dionnvso v,

D.'L. AKEY.

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